Question about firing a "Spread" or "Fan Shot"

[Keelbuster]

Originally Posted by Zero Niner

What do you set the spread to, in terms of degrees? The default 5 (or was it 10) deg is too wide, some of the torps will miss. Even 1 deg spread may miss if you're trying a long range shot.

Any rules of thumb?

Yea - i've never trusted the salvo fire functionality. Rather, I fire my own spread firing the tubes one at a time, while moving the periscope crosshair along the target ship. If you want, aim a bit infront and behind the ship if you really have no idea how fast its going (like maybe a TF). This implicitly deals with the angle problem. I think this method is about as fast as a proper salvo because they fire in sequence anyway. Might not be as historical as you'd like though.

Kb